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ORNAMENTAL CHAIN.

Patented May 9, 1882.

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UNITED i STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN W. BRIGGS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO S. 85 B.LEDERER, OF SAME PLACE.

ORNAMENTAL CHAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,466, dated May 9,1882. Application filed March 13, 1882. (No model.)

1' all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN W. BRIGGS, ot'the city and county ofProvidence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useiulImprovement in Ornamental Chains, and I hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in ornamental chains madeby uniting a number of rings; and it consists in ornamenting such chainswith ornamental blanks cut so that the rings will inclose and retain theblanks, so that such chains may be made without the use of solder, aswill be more fully set forth hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a view of a chain ornamented with blanks inserted betweenthe rings and secured by them. Fig. 2 is a side view'of the same. Fig 3is a front view, and Fig. 4a side view, of another kind or ornamentalchain ornamented with the blanks. Fig. 5 is a front View of anothermodification of my invention, showing a chain ornamented with theblanks. Fig. 6 is a side view of the same. ,Fig. 7 is a front view, andFig. 8 a side view, of another modification of my invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, a a are the rings or links of an ornamental chain, thefiat sides of which are on a plane with the face of the chain.

1) b are connecting-links passing through the links are, and usuallyplaced at right angles to the same.

0 c are blanks or ornamental designs, made of any desired form, anddecorated by stamping, engraving, enameling, orotherwise. These blanksare cut of such forms that the links I) b enter, and, passing throughthe links a a and around the blanks 0, will securely hold them in place,so that it will not be necessary to use solder to secure the same Theornamented blanks shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5 are provided with tworecesses, (l d, in which the links I) I) enter and firmly hold theblanks. The blanks shown in Fig. 7 have three recesses, (l d, into whichthe two links I) I) enter, so as tofirmly hold the same.

I A large variety of designs can be produced by the use of these blanksc c, and the blanks can be out or ornamented in many ways. I do nottherefore wish to confine myself to the forms shown, but wish to use anyform or design in the blankso c and in the rings or links a a and b b.

Havingthus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Paten t-- 1. An ornamentalchain provided with blanks securedat intervals by passing the. connecting link or links around the blank,asdescribed, as a new article of manufacture.

2. In an ornamental chain,the combination, with the links a a and b b,of the blanks c c, constructed so that the link, passing around theblank, will firmly hold the same, as described.

In an ornamental chain, the combination, with the links, of blanks orornamental designs provided i with the recesses d d, constructed to besecured by entering the links into the recesses, as described.

WARREN W. BRIGGS.

Witnesses:

M. E. EMERSON, J. A. MILLER, Jr.

